Passage 2  (07·四川)  完形填空

It's fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito (蚊子) bites. Right before    36     Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandma   37   me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the   38   like me. She said, "There's an old saying—the   39   you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood   40   to the mosquitoes. " Not   41   it, I replied, "Grandmaaaa, that's just an old wives' tale!"  

Well, less than a week   42   my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a   43   of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being   44   , but they all proved useless.

Late one   45   in my cousin's home, I couldn't bear the   46   of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I   47   my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being   48    she said, "There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep. "  With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously (妒嫉地)   49   her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would   50   on her face.  However, the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed (惊奇的), I ran to others'   51   , only to find they were all sleeping   52   as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites, I came to   53   my grandma's silly tale. From then on, I've always tried to keep a(n)   54   mind about those strange old wives' tales   55   they do have some truth to them.

36. A. leaving         B. passing       C. visiting             D. finding

37. A. persuaded     B. reminded          C.  warned             D.  informed

38. A. students       B. foreigners         C. passengers       D. visitors

39. A. earlier       B. longer             C. sooner             D. later

40. A. grows         B. goes             C. flows               D. remains

41. A. expecting   B. understanding       C. recognizing         D. believing

42. A. after           B. before           C. when               D. as

43. A. shade       B. pile               C. cloud             D. blanket

44. A. touched         B. bitten           C. defeated           D. discovered

45. A. morning       B. afternoon         C. evening             D. night

46. A. noise         B. hit               C. pain               D. effect

47. A. woke up       B. shouted at         C. looked for         D. dropped on

48. A. blamed         B. interrupted         C. moved           D. frightened

49. A. having       B. watching         C. making             D. helping

50. A. land         B. fly               C. fall               D. wait

51. A. houses         B. flats             C. rooms               D. homes

52. A. joyfully         B. anxiously         C. soundlessly         D. worriedly

53. A. tell             B. know           C. remember         D. accept

54. A. open           B. active           C. clear               D. honest

55. A. and           B. so               C. because             D. until

答案  36.A  37.C  38.D  39.B  40.A  41.D  42.A  43.D  44.B  45.D  46.C  47.A  48.B  49.B  50.A  51.C  52.C  53.D  54.A  55.C